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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Medford, OR

December 20, 2015Curry County, Oregon

NWS Medford, OR issued this river flood warning at Dec 20, 2015, 9:10 AM PST for Curry County, Oregon. It took effect at Dec 22, 2015, 5:10 AM PST. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 20, 2015, 9:10 AM PST (17:10 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 22, 2015, 5:10 AM PST
Expired: Dec 23, 2015, 12:48 PM PST
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Medford, OR
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Curry County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Rogue River near Agness (AGNO3). The gauge peaked at 13.17 ft at Dec 22, 2015, 7:00 AM PST.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 14372300, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 20, 5:46 AM PST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 5:46 AM PST, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 20, 4:27 AM PST	High Wind Watch	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lake	10 hr
Dec 20, 4:58 AM PST	Winter Storm Watch	MFR	Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake	10 hr
Dec 20, 9:30 AM PST	River Flood Warning	MFR	Coos	71 hr
Dec 20, 2:45 PM PST	High Wind Warning	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	22 hr
Dec 20, 2:56 PM PST	Gale Warning	MFR		19 hr
Dec 20, 2:56 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	MFR		19 hr
Dec 20, 2:56 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory	MFR		19 hr
Dec 20, 2:56 PM PST	Storm Warning	MFR		19 hr
Dec 20, 2:56 PM PST	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	MFR		48 hr
Dec 20, 3:19 PM PST	Winter Storm Warning	MFR	Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake	18 hr
Dec 20, 3:19 PM PST	Winter Weather Advisory	MFR	Klamath, Lake	18 hr
Dec 20, 3:28 PM PST	High Surf Advisory	MFR	Coos, Curry, Douglas	20 hr
Dec 20, 2:45 PM PST	Wind Advisory	MFR	Siskiyou	22 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.